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arduously

Meanings
  • adverb

    Carried out with great effort and determination.

Rhymes
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ardor , borrow , sorrow
Variants
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arduous , arduously , arduousness , arduousnesses
Etymology
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From Old French 'arduous', from 'ard' meaning 'hard'.

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  1. The word 'arduously' contains the letter sequence 'ard', which is also found in the word 'ardor'.

  2. The term 'arduous labor' is often used to describe physically demanding work.

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  1. perseverance: The quality of continuing in a course of action in spite of finding it difficult or opposed by opposition.

  2. determination: The quality of being resolved or unfaltering in a course of action.

Quotes
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  1. Traveling for several days by train, stagecoach and horseback, they would reach Mariposa Grove, a stand of some 200 ancient giant sequoias, where they would rest before embarking on an "arduous" descent via 26 switchbacks into the valley.

    - Tony Perrottet,{it}Smithsonian{/it},July 2008

  2. Women of middling means had the most to gain from increased consumption, for imported goods often reduced their long and "arduous" labor, especially in making candles and soap or in spinning and weaving cloth.

    - Alan Taylor,{it}American Colonies{/it},2000

  3. As yoga classes go, this is not an "arduous" one, but the students don't know that.

    - Richard Corliss,{it}Time{/it},23 Apr. 2001
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In literature, 'arduously' is often used to describe a character's perseverance and determination in the face of challenges. For example, in Mark Twain's 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn', Huck 'arduously' rowed his raft down the Mississippi River.

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